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While this isn't dangerous, |
particularly not in the controlled sandboxed research environment, |
it points to potentially serious future problems where an AI agent left unsupervised |
might accidentally create malware |
or alter important infrastructure code in ways that are potentially catastrophic. |
It's basically the high-tech equivalent of hiring the boss's son for a do-nothing job and for some reason |
giving him top-level admin access and just letting him go to town. |
What do you mean you deleted System32, Kyle? |
Ice cream? Not hot. |
Quick bits? Very, very hot. |
Asus has accidentally hinted at the release of AMD's Ryzen 9000 X3D chips |
on the new site for Asus' upcoming 800 series motherboards. |
We say accidentally because in addition to the X3D chips being mentioned in the metadata of the site, |
Asus specifically put Ryzen 9000 X3D into the site's URL. |
No release date has been given for the 9000 X3D CPU series, |
but the 800 series motherboards should be launching in the next few weeks. |
AMD also has an event planned for October 10th, so that's another option. |
Or instead of speculating, |
we can just wait for Asus to launch their next website. |
A new version of Nvidia's RTX 4070 is hitting shelves, |
equipped with slightly slower GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR6X. |
But none of the eight new variants announced so far |
clearly display that information in the product name or on the box. |
They thought it would be a fun little game to hide that tidbit in the product specs for you. |
You guys like games, right? |
To be fair, the difference is small. |
It's going from 21 to 20 gigabits per second, |
and Nvidia says it shouldn't impact performance. |
What's a gigabit between friends? |
Nvidia G-Sync enabled monitors are about to get cheaper, we hope. |
Team Green has partnered with MediaTek to not only bring their newer, |
better G-Sync Pulsar to new monitors, |
but to also integrate G-Sync into MediaTek's widely used display scaler chips. |
That means that the monitors won't need one of Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync modules, reducing cost. |
I mean, AMD's FreeSync is also still an option, |
which, despite what Nvidia's marketing might have you believe, |
is basically the same as G-Sync. |
I mean, they even rhyme. |
FreeSync's just like G-Sync. |
3D is coming back, thanks to Samsung. |
The company officially unveiled their Odyssey 3D monitors at Gamescom after teasing them at CES. |
The monitors feature glasses-free 3D at sizes of 27 and 37 inches, |
and the display can be switched from 2D to 3D seamlessly, |
changing it back to being just a 4K QLED 165 hertz monitor. |
Samsung says the Odyssey 3D will be available by the end of the year, |
but they haven't revealed the price, |
probably because it'll be super expensive. |
But can you put a price on a technological trend that already died once? Thrice. |
Honestly, attempts for 3D, it just comes back every 20 years. |
It's literally a 20-year cycle. |
Like, 80s. It's like my dad. |
And Twitch launched its new Dropins collaboration feature, |
designed to make it quicker and easier for streamers to join each other's live streams. |
Twitch then immediately fumbled this unambiguous win by making it impossible to opt out. |
Streamers can temporarily disable the features, |
but they have to disable it again every time they stream. |
Of course, they could just ignore the call notifications, |
but it's a bit like Ninja standing outside of your house, |
staring at you through the window. |
And no matter how many times you close the blinds, |
they slam open again an hour later, |
and he's still standing there. |
And I'll be standing outside of your house |
until you come back on Friday for more tech news. |
I wanted to surprise you with a little gift today. Okay, |
in this episode, I'm gonna list all my favorite things about you. |
Number one |
ah... |
i guess we'll do tech news. |
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested last weekend |
on suspicion of failing to moderate criminal activity on the messaging app |
But on Wednesday that suspicion was upgraded to preliminary charges |
as Durov was released on bail and barred from leaving France pending further investigation. |
The move seemed sudden, |
but it makes some sense given that back in March, |
Durov told the Financial Times he doesn't think they should be policing the way people express themselves |
unless they cross red lines. |
Which red lines? |
Unclear. |
Although it seems like one red line he won't cross is being a tad more specific. |
And the specifics matter here, |
especially concerning Telegram's optional use of encryption, |
which was implemented without proper declaration, |
according to a statement from French authorities that we translated into English. |
So hopefully we got that right. |
A declaration that other encryption using platforms |
like WhatsApp and Signal have apparently done properly. |
And now they're worried about Telegram making them look bad by association. |
Debate over encryption has been raging in the EU, |
especially after they just passed all these laws that let them boss tech giants around. |
What? Are we gonna let encrypted platforms get a pass by just putting a sock on the door? |
Don't look in here. |
The EU is also investigating whether Telegram deliberately undercounted its users |
to stay under the 45 million user threshold, |
which would subject the service to stricter regulation. |
So we'll see how that goes. |
All in all, this is a weird story, |
not just because it's complex, |
but also because while the EU has gotten serious about |
holding companies responsible for content hosted on their platforms, |
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